michaelcurzi comments on How to avoid dying in a car crash - Less Wrong

75 Post author: michaelcurzi 17 March 2012 07:44PM

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Comment author: gwern 19 March 2012 03:21:07PM 3 points [-]

I think the point may be that people do a lot less driving during the night and so 49% means that per-mile or per-trip, night driving is a lot riskier.

Comment author: michaelcurzi 19 March 2012 04:47:19PM 1 point [-]

Also, I imagine that 'night' ('when it's dark out'), is often less than 12 hours of a 24 hour period.

Comment author: AnthonyC 07 February 2015 05:09:23PM 0 points [-]

Wouldn't it pretty much have to be half on average?